نفت
Persian
[næft]
regional
Definitions
- petroleum, oil
- kerosene (US), paraffin (UK)
- (obsolete) a flammable mix used in war such as Greek fire
Etymology
Inherited from Old Persian *naftaʰ (naphtha).
Origin
Old Persian
*naftaʰ
Gloss
naphtha
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nafta Finnish
- нефтегазовый Russian
- нефтедобыча Russian
- нефтеперерабатывающий Russian
- нефтепродукт Russian
- нефтехимия Russian
- нефть Russian
- нефтяной Russian
- νάφθα Ancient Greek
- նավթ Armenian
- նավթադոլար Armenian
- նավթավերամշակում Armenian
- fa Persian
- نفتکش Persian
- کش Persian
- کشیدن Persian
- neft Turkish
- neft Azerbaijani
- neftçi Azerbaijani
- نفت Ottoman Turkish
- નખતેલ Gujarati
- نېفىت Uighur, Uyghur
- *naftaʰ Old Persian